There certainly needs to be the ability to bring more aboriginal business to the forefront. With the creation of the three diamond mines, there have been approximately 75 to 100 aboriginal businesses created and benefiting from those mines over the last 15 years. We need to be able to identify where there's opportunity for secondary industry to take advantage of these resource development projects. The help provided by developing an economic development strategy for the NWT would certainly be crucial.
On June 12th, 2012. See this statement in context.